A statement from the PNG government issued at the start of the month said all refugee status assessments had been completed and were being considered by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Rimbink Pato.

The statement said all status determinations would be finalised by the end of June while segregation of asylum seekers based on the outcome of their applications would begin on the 6th of June.

But the Refugee Action Coalition's Ian Rintoul said the claims of progress being made on Manus were farcical and at best posturing on the part of the PNG government.